ademption

American

[uh-demp-shuhn] / əˈdɛmp ʃən /

noun

Law.

the failure of a legacy because the subject matter no longer belongs to the testator's estate at death.

ademption British

/ əˈdɛmpʃən /

noun

property law the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime

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Etymology

Origin of ademption

1580–90; < Latin ademptiōn- (stem of ademptiō ) a taking away, equivalent to adempt ( us ) ( ad- ad- + em ( p )-, stem of emere to take + -tus past participle suffix) + -ion- -ion

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Of the ademption and transference of legacies XXII.

From The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle

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